Faucet.



G. M. CHARLES.

FAUGET. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 1912.

Patented Apr. 141, 1914.

GEORGE MEADE CHARLES, or wnsnmea'orr, nrs'rnrc'r ,oF COLUMBIA.

FAUCE'IF.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 12, 1912. Serial No. 786,335.

Patented am. 14, 1914.

1'0 all whom it may concern V Be it known that I, GEORGE. MEADE CHARLES, citizen of the United States, re-

but more particularly to bath and beer faucets; and it consists of a shell having a fivalve-chamber provided with hot and cold water inlets, and a single outlet, and a nov-' elly-constructed "valve, by means of which various quantities of hot or cold water, or a mixture of hot and cold water, maybe discharged through the single outlet.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section, partly in elevation, of my improved faucet, showing the valve in position to discharge a mixture of hot and cold water; Fig; 2, a similar View, showing both inlets closed; Fig. 3 a horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, the faucet being turned end for end, and looking down toward the top.

of the device; Fig. 4, a similar view, showing the valve in a position to discharge hot water, the view being taken same as Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a'horizontal section on line 5-5- of Fig. 1, with the faucet in inverted position and lookin downward; Fig. 6, a similar view, showing the valve in position to. discharge cold water, the'view being also taken in the inverted position of the faucet, and looking downward, and Fig 7 and 8 horizontal sections, showing the faucet arranged to draw beer, the casing being reversed; Fig. 7 Showing the valve in position to draw one kind of beer, the duct 3 being in communicationwith port a, and Fig. 8 showing the valve in position to draw another kind I of beer, the duct 4 being in communication with port a. 1

Referrin to the several views, the numeral- 1 indicates a body or shell provided With a valve-chamber 2; a hot water duct 3; a cold water duct 4, and a common outlet or discharge opening 5. The duct 3 opens into the valve-chamber in an upwardly-inclined.

direction and the duct'4 opens into said chamber in a downwardly-inclined direction, the object of which will be hereinafter explained. The upper end of the shell is screw-threaded to receive a screw-threaded cap 6, centrally perforated for the passage of the stem 7 ofa valve 8,. said stem being- "provided with anoperating handle 9. The

shellis provided with hotv and cold water servicepipes 10 and 11 respectively.

The valve 8 is provided with vertical ports 12 and 13 separated by cut-off portions 8" and 13 of different widths, the port 12'being divided for a portion of its length by a partition 14 into ports a and b respectively. The port 13 extends approximately midway the length of the valve, and hence the downward inclination of the duct 4, but the duct 3 being upwardly inclined ,the' ports a and 72 extend to near the upper end of the valve. This construction of the ports a and 6 permits varying quantities of hot water to be drawn through the duct 3, and by a slight turning of the valve so as to cause the partition 14, (see Fig. 5) to partly cover the duct 3 a lesser quantity of hot water may be drawn, in which case the solid portion of the valve will partly cover the duct 4, the partition serving to regulate the quantity of hot water enterlng the ports a and b. i

In drawinga mixture of hot and cold water, the valve is turned until portb registerswith duct 3, in which position port 13 will be in register with the duct 4, as shown in Fig. 5. In drawing hot water only the.

port a is brought in register with the duct 3 the port 13 then being out of communication with the duct 4, as shown in Fig. 4,

and if it is desired to draw cold water only port 13 is brought in register with the duct be against either stop; as shown in Fig. 2 it is against stop 16. By turning the handle 9 in the direction of stop 16 until the pin has reached about one-quarter of the dissta-nce between the two stops, the port a will be brought into communication with the duct 3, as shown in Fig. 4, drawing hot water,'a further turn of the handle toward stop 16' until the pin has reached about midway between the two stops, the port I) will and cold water, and by turning the handle,

in the same direction, .until the pin reaches about three-quarters of the distance between the stops, the port 13 will be in communication with the duct 4, the solid portion of the valve closing duct 3, as shown in Fig.

6 drawing cold water. By turning the handle the remainder of the distance, until the pin strikes the stop 16', both duets 3 and 4: will be closed. A reversal of the operation, the first quarter turn toward stop- 16 will draw cold water; the second turn a mixture of hot and cold water, and the third turn hot water, the completed turn bringin the pin against the stop 16, closing both uets.

It, will be obvious that the faucet is adaptable for drawing beer by reversing the easing, changing the respective positions of the ducts 3 and 4, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, for by manipulating the valve so as to utilize only the ports a and b two different kinds of beer may be drawn, one kind being drawn through the duct 4 by causing the port a or b to register with said duct 4, the solid portion of the valve elosin the duct 3,

as shown in Fig. 8, and another ind of beer may be drawn by causing said ort a to register with duct 3, the duct 4 being closed by the solid portion of the valve, as shown in Fig. 8. The arrangement or position of the valve in Figs. 7 and 8, is such that duct 3, owing to its upward inclination, cannot be brought in register with the port 13, hence the danger of mixing the beers is prevented.-

It will be obvious that the partition 14 may be extended the entire length of the port 12 without departing from the scope ofmy invention.

Having thus fully described my inven tion, what I claim, is: v 1. A faucet comprising a body provided with a valve-chamber, an upwardly-inclined inlet duet for hot water, a downwardly-inclined inlet-duct for cold water, a common outlet, anda valve provided with a port extending nearly the entire length of the valve, and a port of lesser length, whbreby cold Water may be drawn through either port.

2. Afaucet, comprising a body provided with a valve-chamber, an upwardly-inclined inlet-duct, a downwardly-inclined inletduet, a common outlet, and a valve provided with a divided port whereby liquid may be caused to pass through-one division of said divided port, from said upwardly-inclined duct, while the downwardly-inclined duct is closed. y L Y 3. A faucet, comprising a body 'having'a valve-chamber, an upwardly-inclined-duct for hot water, a downwardly-inclined duct for cold water, a common outlet, and a valve provided with a port extending nearly its entire length, and a port extending midway its length, said ports being separated by cutoff portions of different widths, whereby hot and cold water may be cut ofl at the same time, the longer port being divided into smaller ports, so that the liquid may be caused to pass through one of the small' ports from the upwardly-inclined duct when the downwardly inclined duct is closed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 22 day of November A. D.

GEORGE MEADE CHARLES. I Witnesses: I

H. N. JENKINS,

T. M. JENKINS. 

